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Promoting Australia Education Training
Services Through Sister Cities Relationship
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Current Statistics of International Student in
Australia

• An increase of 7.5 between 1998 and 1999
• An increase of 15.6 between 1999 and 2000
• An increase of 10.8 between 2000 and 2001
• Education is now one of Australias major export
  earners A4.12 billion (Australia Bureau of
  Statistics 2001)

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Overseas Student Numbers
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Field of Study (distribution by sector)

• Australian university sector
• Offshore increased from 18.1 in 1999 to 18.5
  in 2000
• Onshore rose from 37.4 to 38.6
• ELICOS sector
• increased in 2000 by 25.8 over 1999 to 36,767
• Vocational education sector
• Grew by 3.9 in 2000
• School education sector
• Declined by 3.8 in 2000, may increase in
  2001-2002

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Number of Overseas Students by Major Sector
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Major Players in the International Education
Market

• Australia is a major provider of international
  education and training services.
• Other major players are USA, UK and Canada
• In 2000 growth in Australias onshore higher
  education sector (at 19.4) was stronger than
  experienced by both the United States and the
  United Kingdom (which grew by 4.8 and 2.3
  respectively).

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Current Education Links Between Australia and
China

• The majority of overseas students during 2000
  continued to be from Asia (82.6).
• China is likely to be the leading provider of
  international students to Australia by 2002.

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Comparison of Student Numbers for Top 10 Source
Countries
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The Benefits of Education Export for Australia

• Education is Australia's third largest service
  export industry after tourism and transportation
  
• Economical benefits
• The impact of cross-cultural skilling
• The development of strong interpersonal relations

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The Focuses of Sister Cities Relationship Programs

• Trade, Science Technology, Culture, Sports and
  Urban
• Construction (China Daily 1999)
• Education becomes an important part of this
  relationship in recent exchange programs (China
  Daily 2001)

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Benefits of Education Export for Local
Government and Community

• Increase global awareness
• Increase opportunities for local businesses
• Increase links between communities

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Role of ACCCI in Education

• Australia Education Business Training
• Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Wuhan, Changsha
  (2001)
• Tianjin, Shijiazhuang (2002)

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QUESTION

• The role of sister cities relationship in
  promoting Australia
• education and training services?